Ayyy, titah! This is the very first Lino Brocka-made film that I have ever watched. So much hullaballoos regarding him as the greatest Pinoy director ever. And you know what? Agree akoh! Tang'ina, the things that he made Ate Shawee do in this film, it's unbelievable!!!

PLOT:Ate Shawee begs for a living with her mother who can't walk. She also has a parasite step-dad who physically abuses both of them. Sometimes, she goes thru the garbage to make some money. They live in a slum which is full of people who are poor, depressing, jerks, who do not have ambition. But not her, she bows to get outta that hell, by hook or by crook. She bows not to let love command her, but the promise of a better life for her and her mother.